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I got one from the WEB together with the source code. If you want it
please mail to me and I will be very glad to forward to you.

In article <36197533.E90EF473@earthlink.net>,
  "Joseph S. Wisniewski" <the_wiz@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Peter Immarco wrote:
> >
> > I am looking for an PC-based (DOS or Windows) un-shar utility that
> > will unpack Unix .shar files?  Any ideas?
>
> None whatsoever. The big problem with .shar files is that they're UNIX
> shell scripts, and UNIX itself is the "utility" that unpacks them. A
> .shar file may call uudecode, tar, cpio, uncompress, gzip, sed, awk,
> make, the C compiler, or whatever else it wants to produce a finished
> result. They also assume a little trust on the part of the user, a .shar
> can wipe out your entire account, and may even exploit several known
> security holes to try and destroy your system. It may be possible to
> write a DOS utility that incorporates some .shar functionality (probably
> the basic uudecode, uncompress, tar functions) but the more screwy .shar
> files are still going to break it.
>
> If I only had one or two, I'd just get the local UNIX guru to .shar for
> me. .shar and .shar alike, I always say.
>
> Ciao. Joe
>
> Joseph S. Wisniewski - my .sig ran away with my mouse.
>

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